Local media, public opinion, and state legislative policies: Agenda setting at the state level

International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 454-476

  Tan, Yue ^a   Weaver, David H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenda setting; Local news; Policy making; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349645005     PISSN: 19401612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1940161209336225     Document Type: Article

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